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Just up Pennsylvania Avenue, though, a month before the election, Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. will open after a $200-million dollar renovation of what was the \u201cOld Post Office\u201d building.<\/p><\/div>\n
I still get chills thinking about my visit to the White House, but not because of the history or grandeur of the antique building. It was because of the fearsome, camouflaged, security soldier with the green and black painted face and huge gun I saw patrolling in the trees and bushes to protect the First Family. I made eye contact with him from a distance and he stared right through me, with an intense expression, without even blinking. It was a look that made me feel guilty just for looking at him.<\/p>\n
I spoke with Donald Trump\u2019s son Eric Trump recently and speculated that his father, who owns some of the most luxurious hotels in the world, would not really want to live in the dowdy old White House if he\u2019s elected President.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe definitely will live in the White House,\u201d Trump assured me. \u201cIt\u2019s a great building with such amazing history.\u201d<\/p>\n
Just up Pennsylvania Avenue, though, a month before the election, Trump International Hotel Washington D.C. will open after a $200-million dollar renovation of what was the \u201cOld Post Office\u201d building. Guest rooms will start at $545 in the off-season and $795 in high season; with a 4,000 square-foot, three-bedroom suite \u2013 the largest in the city \u2013 in what used to be the Postmaster General\u2019s office. A library and study, with 21-foot ceilings, will be available to guests. Trump\u2019s daughter Ivanka designed the spa to have a more modern functionality.<\/p>\n
By the same token, but on the other side of the aisle, it\u2019s hard to imagine former President Bill Clinton wanting to haunt the White House halls again as Hillary Clinton\u2019s \u201cFirst Husband\u201d when he won\u2019t be calling the shots behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office and can have the run of the world and its\u2019 golf courses instead.<\/p>\n
One of the more charming White House stories I\u2019ve heard comes from Ken Raynor, golf professional at Cape Arundel GC in Kennebunkport \u2013 the summer golf club of President George H.W. Bush and his family. \u201cMy wife Anne and I drive from Maine to Florida each winter, and President Bush, when he was in office, asked me where we stop and stay in the drive down,\u201d Raynor told me. \u201cWhen I explained to the President that we stop at whatever random roadside hotel we come across on the way, he insisted we overnight at the White House instead. He said, \u2018It will break up your drive a little!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Michael Patrick Shiels may be contacted at\u00a0<\/em>InviteYourself@aol.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or via TravelTattler.com\u00a0His talk show can be heard weekday mornings in\u00a0Lansing\u00a0on 92.1 FM.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"